This year's edition is on pace to surpass its illustrious predecessors. (sbnation.com)
One national newspaper even ran a picture of Gibbs, Vermaelen, Koscielny and Jenkinson — if I remember correctly; Gunnersaurus might have been in there — beneath the looming spectral faces of their illustrious predecessors, semi-legendary offside - trap merchants Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. (sbnation.com)
SF — There's talk of this United team being a pale shadow of its illustrious predecessors. (thehardtackle.com)